Blood on the Motorway

I’m not going to do that thing that I and so many other bloggers do after a protracted absence. You know that nobody has noticed in all probability, because you yourself rarely notice when a blogger you read has disappeared for a little while. You only notice when their name pops up again and you [...]

I never used to worry about plot. As a young man it used to just be there, effortlessly, whenever I needed it, the reflex was there. The very first story I wrote poured out as a fully formed idea. The first novel I ever managed to finish (well, Nanowrimo novel) was started with no clear [...]